I would advocate against it. My reasons are:
1. It would be a bad policy to isolate newcommers. How could we persuade
others to join the Linux (Debian..) community if we immadieatly throw them
into a secondary position.
2. One CAN learn much just scanning the mails. Newcommers too.
3. This 'joi
> As for the volume of the list my solution is simple: I archive in
> gz files every single post to the list, and I have over a year's
> worth of such archives. There's nothing new under the sun and
> chances are I am not the first person to ask a question. This is
> something simple anyone co
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Subject: Re: Separate list for newbies
A thought for all who are contemplating a special list for newbies. The
more eyes that see a question, the better your chances are for a correct
solution.
Many of the "gurus" that answer your questions do not come to this
"David B.Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It ISN'T just newbies who have questions, none of us know every bright
> corner of Debian, let alone the dark ones. ;)
Yes.
This question of a newbie list comes up with dismal regularity, and it is no
more a good idea now than when first spawned by s
A thought for all who are contemplating a special list for newbies. The
more eyes that see a question, the better your chances are for a correct
solution.
Many of the "gurus" that answer your questions do not come to this list
to simply help out. I'm sure some do, but many (me included) are looki
I don't mind 2 separate lists. I'll subscribe to both of them for now,
as I'm in between learning levels.
John
KaHa wrote:
>
> Pollywog wrote:
>
> > I like to get lots of messages, because I scan through them to see
> > if I can learn something. I would be one of the newbies to take
> > advant
"David B.Teague" wrote:
> However, I still don't know where a Debian FAQ may
> be found!
>
> Can one of you provide a pointer or a URL?
>
> David
> David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,
> useful, technically accurate, and fri
On Wed, 19 May 1999 "David B.Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, I still don't know where a Debian FAQ may be found!
> Can one of you provide a pointer or a URL?
Answering my own question, and noting "How to feel incredibly
stupid" == Ask a question that is answered directly on the De
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote:
> I was thinking about a solution about this and found that it
> could be a good thing to add in the mailing list all 200
> messages an official message in the list that explan what is the
> archive list, the LDP , the FAQ and some usefull information.
I was thinking about a solution about this and found that it could be a good
thing to
add in the mailing list all 200 messages an official message in the list that
explan
what is the archive list, the LDP , the FAQ and some usefull information. (and
of
course where to find them)
this mail must b
Hi:
I have one question: While "The Fine Manuals" in man *, info *,
/usr/doc/*/README* and /usr/doc/HOWTO* are gold mines, if there IS a
FAQ for newbies, I have not seen it. Please enlighten me.
And a remark:
I agree with the folk who say not to segregate debian-user by degree
of knowledge and
Sean wrote:
> Not true at all. I have many more questions now that I have a clue
> as to what I'm doing than I did when I first started using Linux
> and was pretty much clueless about what was going on.
>
> It's kinda like that saying: The more you know the more you realize
> how much you don't
Not true at all. I have many more questions now that I have a clue as to what
I'm
doing than I did when I first started using Linux and was pretty much clueless
about
what was going on.
It's kinda like that saying: The more you know the more you realize how much you
don't know.
Sean
Pollywog
On 19-May-99 Sean wrote:
> The problem is how do you know when you've ceased to be a newbie.
I think that I will know I am no longer a newbie when I answer more questions
than I ask :)
--
Andrew
The problem is how do you know when you've ceased to be a newbie. I think the
Debian
folks are some of the friendliest to newbies, and as a result I think they (the
Debian folks) tend to have the best mailing-lists & newsgroups. Newbie
lists/newgroups seem (to me at least) to be not much more th
Pollywog wrote:
> I like to get lots of messages, because I scan through them to see
> if I can learn something. I would be one of the newbies to take
> advantage of a newbie list. :)
But most newbie questions tend to be covered in the FAQs or through a
perusal/search of the debian-user archive
On 19-May-99 Wim Kerkhoff wrote:
> Well, it is kinda pointless to have a 'newbie' list, because how many of
> the more 'advanced' users would subscribe to it? Not many, and the
> newbies would be left to help each other. If you don't like all the
> messages coming through, unsubscribe or just re
On 18-May-99 Mein Name wrote:
> How about a separate list for those of us (like me) who are having problems
> setting up debian with the stable elements? There are just so many e-mails
> coming in that I often have to remove them without reading them and I'm sure
> I lose a few that would be valu
> Mein Name wrote:
>
> How about a separate list for those of us (like me) who are having problems
> setting up debian with the stable elements? There are just so many e-mails
> coming in that I often have to remove them without reading them and I'm sure I
> lose a few that would be valuable. I
How about a separate list for those of us (like
me) who are having problems setting up debian with the stable elements?
There are just so many e-mails coming in that I often have to remove them
without reading them and I'm sure I lose a few that would be valuable. I
must say that I'm not
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